Staff Town council has approved the timetable for planning out the 2017 budget, which includes a public input meeting slated for Monday, Sept. 26 in conjunction with the regular council meeting that night. At that time, the public is urged to share its ideas as to what should be in […]
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Duane Hicks Ed Kaun & Sons are in the process of giving Tim Hortons here a facelift. Starting today, the lobby will be closed for about a week for interior renovations. Once these are done, the lobby will be re-opened but the drive-thru will be closed temporarily to do some […]
Duane Hicks The town’s bylaw enforcement department cracked down on parking violators this summer. Its quarterly activity report showed a spike in parking tickets issued in July and August. Over those two months, bylaw officers wrote 64 tickets—39 during a nine-day span in July, including 12 on the first day […]
Duane Hicks Who will earn a star on the “Chiliwood” Walk of Fame? The competition is shaping up for the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce’s annual chili cook-off here this coming Wednesday (Sept. 21). As of late yesterday, a total of eight teams have stepped forward to deliver what they […]
By Seth Borenstein The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Arctic sea ice this summer shrank to its second lowest level since scientists started to monitor it by satellite. The National Snow and Ice Data Center in Colorado said the sea ice reached its summer low point on Saturday, extending 1.6 million […]
By Elizabeth Karmel The Associated Press My grandmother, who lived with us when I was growing up, had a serious sweet tooth and would bake something almost every day. In the spring, it was coconut cream pie. In the summer, home-made ice cream and peach pie. And during fall apple […]
By Kelli Kennedy The Associated Press In Angela Liddon’s previous life, there were chia seed doughnuts drizzled with coconut lemon whipped cream and decadent parfaits with homemade jams and hearty granolas for breakfast. At least once a week, the plant-based blogger and cookbook author dreamed up another breakfast. But these […]
The Associated Press HEPHZIBAH, Ga. — In a real life version of the children’s reader “Snakes Alive!”, state wildlife officers are searching for 14 pythons in an east Georgia subdivision after a woman reported that someone let the pet snakes loose. Jacqueline Heim told authorities the snakes were in secure […]
By Maria Cheng The Associated Press LONDON — Men with early prostate cancer who choose to closely monitor their disease are just as likely to survive at least 10 years as those who have surgery or radiation, finds a major study that directly tested and compared these options. Survival from […]
By Youkyung Lee The Associated Press SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of — Samsung’s recall of 2.5 million Galaxy Note 7 phones after several dozen caught fire and exploded may stem from a subtle manufacturing error, but it highlights the challenge electronics makers face in packing ever more battery power into ever […]
By Graham Dunbar The Associated Press GENEVA — Three-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome has “no issue” with his medical data being leaked, in an alleged criminal attack by Russian hackers on a World Anti-Doping Agency database. Froome was a headline name among 25 athletes ‚Äî from Britain, the […]
By Melissa D’Arabian The Associated Press I love dessert. I also love being healthy. My four kiddos also love sweets. So over the years, I’ve created some great strategies for getting some dessert in our lives while also honouring our bodies, which frankly do not need as much sugar as […]
